Benedict Cumberbatch
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SELECTED CREDITS
STAGE
2001: 11 June–8 September
A MIDSUMMER NIGHT’S DREAM (Role: Demetrius)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
Presented by: New Shakespeare Company
Revival of the play written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Alan Strachan
Cast included: Martin Turner (Theseus/Oberon), Rebecca Johnson (Hippolyta/Titania), Paul Kemp (Philostrate/Puck), Philip York (Egeus/Attendant to Oberon), Gideon Turner (Lysander), Candida Benson (Helena), Rebecca Callard (Hermia).
2001: 15 June–22 August
LOVE’S LABOUR’S LOST (Role: Ferdinand, King of Navarre)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
Presented by: New Shakespeare Company
Revival of the play written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Rachel Kavanaugh
Cast included: Adrian Schiller (Berowne), Gideon Turner (Longueville), Daniel Crowder (Dumaine), Candida Benson (Princess of France), Rebecca Johnson (Rosaline), Rebecca Callard (Maria), Lottie Mayor (Katherine), Martin Turner (Boyet).
2002: 5 June–5 September
ROMEO AND JULIET (Role: Benvolio)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
Presented by: New Shakespeare Company
Revival of the play written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Dominic Hill
Cast included: Alan Westaway (Romeo), Laura Main (Juliet), Adam Levy (Tybalt), John Hodgkinson (Mercutio).
2002: 10 June–7 September
AS YOU LIKE IT (Role: Orlando)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
Presented by: New Shakespeare Company
Revival of the play written by: William Shakespeare
Directed by: Rachel Kavanaugh
Cast included: Jon Cartwright (Duke Frederick), Caitlin Mottram (Celia), Rebecca Johnson (Rosalind), John Hodgkinson (Touchstone), Abigail Langham (Audrey).
2002: 25 July–3 September
OH! WHAT A LOVELY WAR (Roles: Various)
Open Air Theatre, Regent’s Park, London
Presented by: New Shakespeare Company
Revival of the musical entertainment by: Joan Littlewood, Charles Chilton, Gerry Raffles, and members of the original Theatre Workshop Cast
Directed by: Ian Talbot
2003: 15 May–28 June
THE LADY FROM THE SEA (Role: Lyngstrand)
Almeida Theatre, London
Revival of the play by: Henrik Ibsen
Directed by: Trevor Nunn
Cast included: Natasha Richardson (Ellida), Claudie Blakley (Bolette), Geoffrey Hutchings (Ballested), Louisa Clein (Hilde), John Bowe (Dr Wangel), Tim McInnerny (Arnholm).
2005: 16 March–30 April*; 23 May–6 August**
HEDDA GABLER (Role: George Tesman)
*Almeida Theatre, London; **Duke of York’s Theatre, London
Revival of the play by: Henrik Ibsen
Adapted and directed by: Richard Eyre
Cast included: Eve Best (Hedda Tesman), Gillian Raine (Juliana Tesman), Sarah Flind (Berthe), Lisa Dillon (Thea Elvsted), Iain Glen (Judge Brack), Jamie Sives (Eilert Loevborg).
2006: 16 March–29 April
PERIOD OF ADJUSTMENT (Role: George Haverstick)
Almeida Theatre, London
Revival of the play by: Tennessee Williams
Directed by: Howard Davies
Cast included: Lisa Dillon (Isabel Haverstick), Jared Harris (Ralph Bates), Sandy McDade (Dorothea Bates).
2007: 21 September–15 December
RHINOCEROS (Role: Bérenger)
Royal Court Theatre, London
Revival of the play by: Eugène Ionesco
Directed by: Dominic Cooke
Cast included: Jasper Britton (Jean), Zawe Ashton (Daisy), Paul Chahidi (Dudard), Lloyd Hutchingson (Botard), Graham Turner (Monsieur Papillon).
2007: 1 November–15 December
THE ARSONISTS (Role: Eisenring)
Royal Court Theatre, London
Revival of the play by: Max Frisch
Directed by: Ramin Gray
Cast included: Zawe Ashton (Anna), Will Keen (Biedermann), Paul Chahidi (Schmitz), Jacqueline Defferary (Babette).
2008: 24 April–7 June
THE CITY (Role: Chris)
Royal Court Theatre, London
Directed by: Katie Mitchell
Written by: Martin Crimp
Cast includes: Hattie Morahan (Clair), Amanda Hale (Jenny), Child (Matilda Castrey or Ruby Douglas; alternate performances).
2008: 16–26 September
CARYL CHURCHILL 70TH BIRTHDAY EVENT (Guest Reader)
Royal Court Theatre, London
‘Far Away’ reading
Directed by: Martin Crimp
Readers included: Deborah Findlay, Hattie Morahan.
2010: 1 June–11 August
AFTER THE DANCE (Role: David Scott-Fowler)
Lyttelton Theatre, National Theatre, London
Presented by: National Theatre Company
Written by: Terence Rattigan
Directed by: Thea Sharrock
Cast included: Nancy Carroll (Joan Scott-Fowler), Adrian Scarborough (John Reid), Faye Castelow (Helen Banner), Giles Cooper (Dr George Banner), Pandora Colin (Julia Browne), John Heffernan (Peter Scott-Fowler), Jenny Galloway (Miss Potter), Juliet Howland (Moya Lexington), Nicholas Lumley (Williams), Lachlan Nieboer (Cyril Carter), Giles Taylor (Lawrence Walters), Richard Teverson (Arthur Power).
2010: 14 November
THE CHILDREN’S MONOLOGUES (Participant/Reader)
Old Vic, London
Produced and organised by: Danny Boyle
Monologues adapted and compiled by: Lynn Nottage, Bola Agbaje, Polly Stenham, Kwame Kwei-Armah, and others
Cast included: Nikki Amuka-Bird, Romola Garai, Tom Hiddleston, Sir Ben Kingsley, Eddie Redmayne, Samuel West.
2011: 22 February–2 May
FRANKENSTEIN (Alternating roles: Victor Frankenstein/The Creature)
National Theatre, London
Directed by: Danny Boyle
Adapted by: Nick Dear, based on the novel by Mary Shelley
Cast includes: Jonny Lee Miller (alternating roles: The Creature/Victor Frankenstein), Karl Johnson, Naomie Harris (Elizabeth Lavenza), Ella Smith, George Harris.
TELEVISION
2000: 30 January
HEARTBEAT (Role: Charles)
ITV (Sunday, 2000–2100)
(Featured in one episode: ‘The Good Doctor’)
Directed by: Paul Walker.
2002: 8–9 June
FIELDS OF GOLD (Role: Jeremy)
BBC1 (two parts: Saturday, 2105–2235; Sunday, 2105–2200)
Directed by: Bill Anderson
Produced by: Liza Marshall
Written by: Ronan Bennett, Alan Rusbridger
Cast included: Anna Friel (Lucia Merritt), Phil Davis (Roy Lodge), Max Beesley (Mark Hurst), James Fleet (Alan Buckley), Mark Strong (Dr Tolkin), Phyllis Logan (Rachel Greenlaw), Alphonsia Emmanuel (Karen Delage).
2002: 9 October
TIPPING THE VELVET (Role: Freddy)
BBC2 (Wednesday, 2100–2200) (Cumberbatch features in Part 1 only of this three-part drama)
Directed by: Geoffrey Sax
Adapted by: Andrew Davies, from the novel by Sarah Waters Cast included: Rachael Stirling (Nan Astley), Keeley Hawes (Kitty Butler), Johnny Vegas (Gully Sutherland), Alexei Sayle (Charles Frobisher).
2002: 19–20 October
SILENT WITNESS (Role: Warren Reid)
BBC1 (Saturday, 2105–2205; Sunday, 2100–2200)
(Cumberbatch features in the two-part story, ‘Tell No Tales’)
Directed by: John Duthie
2003: 9 May
CAMBRIDGE SPIES (Role: Edward Hand)
BBC4 (Friday, 2200–2300) (Cumberbatch features in Part 2 only of this four-part drama)
Directed by: Tim Fywell
Cast in
cluded: Toby Stephens (Kim Philby), Tom Hollander (Guy Burgess), Rupert Penry-Jones (Donald Maclean), Samuel West (Anthony Blunt).
[This episode was first broadcast on terrestrial television on BBC2 the following Friday, 16 May 2003, at 2100]
2003: 2 June
SPOOKS (Role: Jim North)
BBC1 (Monday, 2100–2200)
Features in the episode ‘Legitimate Targets’
Directed by: Bharat Nalluri
2003: 29 June–6 July; 19 July–9 August
FORTYSOMETHING (Role: Rory Slippery)
ITV1 (Sundays, 2100–2200 (eps 1 and 2); Saturdays, around 2300–0000 (eps 3–6))
(Cumberbatch appears in all six episodes of the series)
Directed by: Hugh Laurie (eps 1 and 2), Nic Phillips (eps 3–6)
Series cast included: Hugh Laurie (Dr Paul Slippery), Anna Chancellor (Estelle Slippery), Neil Henry (Daniel Slippery), Joe Van Moyland (Edwin Slippery), Lolita Chakrabati (Surinder), Peter Capaldi (Ronnie Pilfrey), Sheila Hancock (Gwendolen) (After two episodes, due to unexpectedly low ratings, the series was shifted to a late-night slot on Saturdays, and replaced in its Sunday peak time slot by repeats of Midsomer Murders.)
2004: 18–20 February
DUNKIRK (Role: Lt Jimmy Langley (all episodes))
BBC2 (Wednesday–Friday, 2100–2200)
1: Retreat
2: Evacuation
3: Survival
Directed by: Alex Holmes
Cast included: Timothy Dalton (Narrator), Simon Russell Beale (Winston Churchill).
2004: 11 April
HEARTBEAT (Role: Toby Fisher)
ITV1 (Sunday, 2000–2100)
Features in the episode ‘No Hard Feelings’
Directed by: Judith Dine
2004: 13 April
HAWKING (Role: Stephen Hawking)
BBC2 (Tuesday, 2100–2230)
Directed by: Philip Martin
Cast included: Michael Brandon (Arno Penzias), Tom Hodgkins (Bob Wilson), Peter Firth (Fred Hoyle), Lisa Dillon (Jane Wilde), John Sessions (Dennis Sciama), Tom Ward (Roger Penrose), Phoebe Nicholls (Isobel Hawking), Adam Godley (Frank Hawking), Bertie Carvel (George Ellis), Alice Eve (Martha Guthrie), Carolina Giammetta (Lidia Sciama).
2005: 25 February; 3 March
NATHAN BARLEY (Role: Robin)
Channel 4 (Fridays, 2200–2230)
(Cumberbatch appears in episodes 3 and 4 only of this six-part series)
Directed by: Chris Morris
Written by: Chris Morris and Charlie Brooker
Main Cast: Nicholas Burns (Nathan Barley), Julian Barratt (Dan Ashcroft), Claire Keelan (Claire Ashcroft), Richard Ayaode (Ned Smanks), Spencer Brown (Rufus Onslatt), Charlie Condou (Jonatton Yeah?), Noel Fielding (Jones), Stephen Mangan (Rod Senseless), Rhys Thomas (Toby), Ben Whishaw (Pingu)
2005: 6–20 July
TO THE ENDS OF THE EARTH (Role: Edmund Talbot (all episodes))
BBC2 (Wednesdays, 2100–2230)
Directed by: David Attwood
Cast included: Jared Harris (Captain Anderson), Jamie Sives (1st Lieutenant Summers), Sam Neill (Mr Prettiman), Denise Black (Mrs Brocklebank), Richard McCabe (Mr Brocklebank), Victoria Hamilton (Miss Granham), Paula Jennings (Zenobia), Robert Hobbs (Lieutenant Cumbersham), Daniel Evans (Parson Colley), Charles Dance (Sir Henry Somerset), Cheryl Campbell (Lady Somerset).
2005: 5 September
THE MAN WHO PREDICTED 9/11 (Narrator)
Channel 4 (Monday, 2100–2200)
Produced by: Steve Humphries
2005: 31 October–5 December
BROKEN NEWS (Role: Will Parker (all episodes))
BBC2 (Mondays, 2130–2200)
1: Tomato Flu
2: Missing Island
3: Half Way There Day
4: Crime
5: Bolivian Crisis
6: Hijack
Directed by: John Morton
Produced by: Paul Schlesinger
Written by: John Morton and Tony Roche
Series cast included: Claudia Christian (Julia Regan), Duncan Duff (Richard Pritchard), Sharon Horgan (Katie Tate), Kim Wall (Phil Curdridge), Tom Goodman-Hill (Joe Reed), Sarah Hadland (Claire), Phil Nichol (Josh Cashman), Darren Boyd (Nick Burnham).
2007: 23 September
STUART: A LIFE BACKWARDS (Role: Alexander Masters)
BBC2 (Sunday, 2100–2230)
Directed by: David Attwood
Cast included: Tom Hardy (Stuart Shorter), Nicola Duffett (Judith Shorter), Claire-Louise Cordwell (Karen Shorter), Edna Doré (Gran), Frank Mills (Granpa), Candis Nergaard (Sophie).
2008: 6–20 January
PICTURE THIS (Narrator)
Channel 4 (Sundays, 1900–2000)
Produced and directed by: Tom Coveney
Panel: Martin Parr, Brett Rogers, Alex Proud
2008: 17 February–16 March
THE LAST ENEMY (Role: Stephen Ezard (all episodes))
BBC1 (Sundays, 2100–2225 (ep 1), 2100–2200 (eps 2–6))
Directed by: Iain B. MacDonald
Series cast included: Max Beesley (Michael Ezard), Anamaria Marinca (Yasim Anwar), Robert Carlyle (David Russell), David Harewood (Patrick Nye), Eva Birthistle (Eleanor Brooke), Geraldine James (Barbara Turney), Christopher Fulford (George Gibbon), Iona Serban (Nadir).
2009: 10 May–14 June
SOUTH PACIFIC (Narrator (all episodes))
BBC2 (Sundays, 2030–2130)
1: Ocean of Islands
2: Castaways
3: Endless Blue
4: Ocean of Volcanos
5: Strange Islands
6: Fragile Paradise
Series Producer: Huw Cordey
Executive Producer: Fiona Pitcher
[The series was broadcast in the USA under the title Wild Pacific.]
2009: 12 August
THEATRE LIVE!: THE TURNING POINT (Role: Guy Burgess)
Sky Arts 1 (Wednesday, 2100–2200)
Directed by: Fiona Laird
Written by: Michael Dobbs
Series presented by: Sandi Toksvig
Cast included: Matthew Marsh (Winston Churchill).
2009: 13 September
AGATHA CHRISTIE’S MARPLE: MURDER IS EASY (Role: Luke Fitzwilliam)
ITV1 (Sunday, 2000–2200)
Directed by: Hettie Macdonald
Cast included: Julia McKenzie (Miss Marple), Steve Pemberton (Henry Wake), Shirley Henderson (Honoria Waynflete), Sylvia Syms (Lavinia Pinkerton), James Lance (Dr Geoffrey Thomas), Hugo Speer (James Abbot), Anna Chancellor (Lydia Horton), Jemma Redgrave (Jessie Humbleby), David Haig (Major Hugh Horton), Tim Brooke-Taylor (Dr Edward Humbleby).
2009: 6–13 December
SMALL ISLAND (Role: Bernard)
BBC1 (Sundays, 2100–2230)
Directed by: John Alexander
Cast included: Naomie Harris (Hortense), David Oyelowo (Gilbert), Ruth Wilson (Queenie), Ashley Walters (Michael).
2010: 5 April
VAN GOGH: PAINTED WITH WORDS (Role: Vincent Van Gogh)
BBC1 (Monday, 1710–1830)
Directed by: Andrew Hutton
Presented and produced by: Alan Yentob
Cast included: Jamie Parker (Theo Van Gogh), Aidan McArdle (Paul Gauguin), Rowena Cooper (Anna Van Gogh), Christopher Good (Theodorus Van Gogh).
2010: 9–23 May
STEPHEN HAWKING’S UNIVERSE (Narrator)
Discovery Channel (UK) (Sundays, 2100–2200)
Writer and co-narrator: Stephen Hawking
Directors: Martin Williams, Nathan Williams, Ian Riddick
(The three-part series had premiered on the Discovery Channel in the USA on 25 April 2010. Its UK terrestrial premiere came via Channel 4 from 18 September–2 October 2010.)
2010–present:
SHERLOCK (Role: Sherlock Holmes)
BBC1
Unaired Pilot (made 2009; included on Series 1 DVD, released 30 August 2010)
Directed by: Coky Giedroyc
Written by: Steven Moffat
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Series 1 (July–August 2010):
1.1: A Study in Pink (25 July 2010; Sunday, 2100–2230)
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: Steven Moffat
Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Phil Davis (Jeff), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper).
1.2: The Blind Banker (1 August 2010; Sunday, 2030–2200)
Directed by: Euros Lyn
Written by: Steve Thompson
Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Zöe Telford (Sarah), Paul Chequer (DI Dimmock), Gemma Chan (Soo Lin Yao).
1.3: The Great Game (8 August 2010; Sunday, 2100–2230)
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: Mark Gatiss
Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Vinette Robinson (Sgt Sally Donovan), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Andrew Scott (Moriarty), Zöe Telford (Sarah), John Sessions (Kenny Prince), Haydn Gwynne (Miss Wenceslas).
Series 2: January 2012
2.1: A Scandal in Belgravia (1 January 2012; Sunday, 2010–2140)
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: Steven Moffat
Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Lara Pulver (Irene Adler), Oona Chaplin (Jeanette), Danny Webb (DI Carter)
2.2: The Hounds of Baskerville (8 January 2012; Sunday, 2030 –2200)
Directed by: Paul McGuigan
Written by: Steven Moffat
Cast included: Martin Freeman (Dr John Watson), Una Stubbs (Mrs Hudson), Rupert Graves (Inspector Lestrade), Mark Gatiss (Mycroft Holmes), Andrew Scott (Jim Moriarty), Louise Brealey (Molly Hooper), Russell Tovey (Henry Knight), Amelia Bullmore (Dr Stapleton), Clive Mantle (Dr Frankland).
2.3: The Reichenbach Fall (15 January 2012; Sunday, 2030–2200)
Directed by: Toby Haynes